Charlene and Andy Garcia walk near their new home in the Cooks Landing development in Hermitage. They wanted to live close to the airport and enjoy having lakes and green spaces nearby.

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Bill Lewis
For The Tennessean

Andy and Charlene Garcia travel for work, so living a couple of I-40 exits from Nashville International Airport was a requirement when they bought a new house. Having two lakes, wooded green spaces and shopping nearby was a nice bonus.

The Garcias own a home in the Cooks Landing subdivision in Hermitage, a fast-growing suburb on Nashville's east side that is attracting new attention from home builders.

"You're still in the city but feel like you're in the country," Andy Garcia said of Cooks Landing, about a mile from Percy Priest Lake. ...